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Framing Famine: An Analysis of Media Coverage of the 2011 Famine in Somalia

Richard Stupart, Larry Strelitz

African Journalism Studies, volume 37, issue 1 (2016), pp. 100-119

"This study examines media coverage of the 2011–2012 famine in Somalia by the websites of BBC News, CNN and Al-Jazeera. Using a combination of quantitative and qualitative content analyses, it explores why coverage of the famine began as late as it did, despite ample evidence of its inevitable unf ... more

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Tweeting Democracy: An Ethnographic Content Analysis of Social Media Use in the Differing Politics of Senegal and Ethiopia’s Newspapers

Jeslyn Lemke, Endalk Chala

Journal of African Media Studies, volume 8, issue 2 (2016), pp. 167-185

"This descriptive, empirical study gives context to how print journalists in two politically different African nations, Senegal and Ethiopia, use Twitter and Facebook to report the news and to what extent. We ask, ‘how is this new model of online reporting manifesting itself in Ethiopian and Seneg ... more

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African Digital Media Review, Issue 2

African Journalism Studies, volume 37, issue 4 (2016), pp. 1-136

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Encouraging Rebel Demobilization by Radio in Uganda and the D.R. Congo: The Case of “come Home” Messaging

Scott Ross

African Studies Review, volume 59, issue 1 (2016), pp. 33-55

"For several years, local radio stations in Uganda have broadcast “come home” messages that encourage the rebel Lord’s Resistance Army to demobilize. Since the rebels began carrying out attacks in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Central African Republic, several international actors h ... more

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Guidelines for Professional Election Reporting: Guidelines for Journalists Covering the Somalia Elections 2016

International Media Support (IMS);Fojo Media Institute (2016), 27 pp.

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The Palgrave International Handbook of Women and Journalism

Carolyn M. Byerly (ed.)

Basingstoke, Hampshire; New York: Palgrave Macmillan, paperback ed. (2016), xxxi, 477 pp.

"Now in paperback for the first time, the Handbook is an academic adaptation of information contained in the Global Report on the Status of Women in News Media, a study commissioned by the International Women's Media Foundation. The book's editor was the principal investigator of the original study. ... more

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Final Evaluation for ‘Communicating for Peace in South Sudan: A Social and Behaviour Change Communication Initiative’, Bor, Juba and Wau, South Sudan

UNICEF;Search for Common Ground;Forcier Consulting (2016), viii, 54 pp.

"Project locations experienced general improvement with regards to social cohesion and conflict resolution. This was particularly the case in Wau, where results were encouraging. In contrast, Bor continued to feature more negative results than other project locations, although the county saw importa ... more

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Eritrea: From Liberation to Oppression

Katja Dorothea Buck, Mirjam van Reisen (eds.)

Hamburg: Evangelisches Missionswerk in Deutschland (EMW) (2016), 167 pp.

"This publication will contribute to ensuring that the breadth of human rights violations in Eritrea becomes known, and that the issue of human trafficking migrates more strongly upwards into the public eye." (Back cover)

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Stadt der Verlorenen: Leben im größten Flüchtlingslager der Welt

Ben Rawlence

Bonn: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (bpb) (2016), 409 pp.

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Global Information Society Watch 2016: Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and the Internet

Association for Progressive Communications (APC);International Development Research Centre (IDRC) (2016), 269 pp.

"The 45 country reports gathered here illustrate the link between the internet and economic, social and cultural rights (ESCRs). Some of the topics will be familiar to information and communications technology for development (ICT4D) activists: the right to health, education and culture; the socioec ... more

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‘Can You Hear Me?’ Mobile–radio Interactions and Governance in Africa

Iginio Gagliardone

New Media & Society, volume 18, issue 9 (2016), pp. 2080-2095

"The exponential diffusion of mobile phones in Africa and their ability to interact with other media have created new avenues for individuals to interface with power. These forms of engagement, however, have primarily been interpreted through the lenses of the ‘liberation technology’ agenda, whi ... more

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Journalism and Social Media in Africa: Studies in Innovation and Transformation

Chris Paterson (ed.)

London: Routledge (2015), x, 136 pp.

"Through innovative research studies and expert commentaries, this book documents the fast evolving invention of the relationship between the millions of social media and mobile phone users around Africa and traditional purveyors of news. Whilst social media demonstrates an unprecedented ability for ... more

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Digital Cleansing? A Look Into State-Sponsored Policing of Ethiopian Networked Communities

Téwodros W. Workneh

African Journalism Studies, volume 36, issue 4 (2015), pp. 102-124

"Drawing from hegemonic notions of development statism, this article looks at the extent to which digital platforms have become viable alternatives to traditional electronic and print media in Ethiopia. I argue that, despite its potential to promote freedom of speech, the Ethiopian online sphere is ... more

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Uchaguzi: A Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis of ICTs, Statebuilding, and Peacebuilding in Kenya

Warigia Bowman, Bob Bell, Wambui Ngugi, Wainaina Mungai, Grace Githaiga, Paola Cavallari

Philadelphia: Annenberg School for Communication, Center for Global Communication Studies (CGCS) (2015), 43 pp.

"This study has found that Uchaguzi represents a blended model incorporating both crowd-seeding (placing monitors on the ground to collect data) and crowd-sourcing (collecting information from the public). The success of crowd-seeding is a function of Uchaguzi’s partnerships with local and interna ... more

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Mechachal: A Preliminary Assessment of Online Debates in Ethiopia. Report One

Iginio Gagliardone et al.

University of Oxford, Programme in Comparative Media Law and Policy (PCMLP) (2015), 35 pp.

"Mechachal is a collaborative project developed by the University of Oxford and Addis Ababa University to understand the nature and potential of online debates in Ethiopia. Mechachal can be translated from Amharic as “tolerance”, or as one’s awareness of their own social sphere and willingness ... more

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Media, Discussion, and Attitudes in Fragile Contexts
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Chris Snow, Will Taylor

London: BBC Media Action (2015), 48 pp.

"The report explores how discussion programmes – where a diverse audience, representing the whole of society, is engaged in fair and balanced debate – can stimulate both private/interpersonal discussion and public discussion in either a community setting or one hosted by local government. It the ... more

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Mechachal: Online Debates and Elections in Ethiopia. From Hate Speech to Engagement in Social Media

Iginio Gagliardone et al.

University of Oxford, Programme in Comparative Media Law and Policy (PCMLP) (2015), 103 pp.

"We analyzed more than 13,000 statements during the project. This report primarily builds on the statements that were collected between 24 February and 24 June 2015, three months before and one month after the parliamentary elections that took place in Ethiopia on 24 May 2015. FINDING 1 - Hate and d ... more

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Mediated Communities: Civic Voices, Empowerment and Media Literacy in the Digital Era

Moses Shumow (ed.)

New York et al.: Peter Lang (2015), xi, 216 pp.

"Mediated Communities brings together a diverse, global cohort of academics and professional communicators to assess the current state of democratic mobilizing around the world and the ways in which protest movements are being transformed in the midst of a communication revolution. The volume’s co ... more

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The Freelancer-NGO Alliance: What a Story of Kenyan Waste Reveals About Contemporary Foreign News Production

David Conrad

Journalism Studies, volume 16, issue 2 (2015), pp. 275-288

"This paper explores the impact that emerging partnerships - particularly between freelancers and nonprofits - are having on the practices of contemporary foreign news reporting. Through an exploration of a widely published project on a health crisis in East Africa-funded by the Pulitzer Center on C ... more

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Images of Africa: Creation, Negotiation and Subversion

Julia Gallagher (ed.)

Manchester: Manchester University Press (2015), xv, 203 pp.

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